THE NEW YORKER round to the dressing-room, turns on the light, and sits down to wait. Meanwhile a new noise is audible in the Garden-the scrape of thou- sands of feet on the concrete stairways and along the echoing corridors. The referees have come and are putting on their sweaters and skates in the office of McNally, the superintendent. In the dressing-room the Rangers are put- ting on their uniforms as fast as they can. Only Taffy Abel and Paul Thompson are ready-they were the first to start. Bun Cook comes in last but dresses fastest. The scrape of feet has diminished now; there is a "udden strump of Joe Basile's Madison Square Garden Band. One of the referees puts his head into the dressing- room and nods at Lester Patrick, and the coach calls out, "All right, boys." Getting up nonchalantly from the benches, the team goes through the door in single file and then walks up a strip of rubber carpet scratched by many skate-treads to the un- latched wooden gate leading to .the Ice. T HIS is the prologue of Ranger hockey games. There is also an epilogue \Vhile the crowd leaves, the players' wives gather near Bill Cook's picture in the Fiftieth Street lobby. Visiting wives bring messages from old friends in Canada. Somebody aw someone's cousin; someone fel] ill, sent regards. They hardly ever discuss anything that happened in the game. At last this group too goes home; a new activity starts in the Garden. Two tractórs roll in through the west gates. One has spiked wheels, the other a plough on its nose, and they lllove slowly and noisily up and down and break up the ice. -N. B., JR. . ONE LADY TO ANOTHE..R. IN SPEAKING OF HIM Yours is the substance, Mine the shadow? True enough, my dear. And long as rrhere's an ember burning Shadows reappear. -RUTH LAMBERT JONES . In December the Count came to N e\" York. He started suit for separation and ,vas temporarily given permission to see his body at intervals.-Titus:ville (IJ a .) Hera/d. Decent Intervals, we trust. 39 THE FABRIC GROUP AT HOME No. 55 , m; æ . %ih:... \:) , ^)ft;: i;>; ::.::/. :... l y. -Ø\ ..."/ "./ \ w :.'(-",,:,:,'::=-.Þ' . :. ':. : : . :;: . . It . 1YiliL . """ ':":,:' : '":::'\::"'. .};.... q,; ., _-- .;l: :.. . . ... ... :.:l ! ;.: i : . "...t,,^..,:,.,. I A;. -\;, :,;; . -=. t _. ... -... -- \ " ' : "r . w' 'ffl....,..... , . " 't 1 ; ' . ?..g< .. ::: ,.. ',' . : J 'í:í ?'; .. ,. 1 ? _.: '.::': .:.:. : i \> ..., >>>>. . ...... . ..."... . !:;..;::.: . .; /.if' ;..',,; &ifõ. :,/ ....:.. . -" ........ .... . .:.:. . :. .:.< .;!II! ...(:::,'....: ...:::.::: ::.::{ :.:::t"iØ .-:. .: , . -.-'::: _...::. < :Wi'.::::' (' : ZZ .:-:.:: r:\ :-:'_: ;. ......-. . f '''í; ": .; ,: .ø' ,: .:\:::\1J 4,::::.. = r ::i .....{:. . . .'. ..::..::.:-......:.:...:-. ... . t. , >--., ':::::':?::::., ..... . ... . .........,.,"'."."',......"'."'."',.",.....1 ANTON BRUEHL . .. Ring out the Old... ring in the New!" _ .. We hope you all get your heart's desire in 1929." . ((And we'll feel better if it's a Fabric Group suit!" Chances are the best-dressed man in your office is either wealthy enough to patronize an Avenue tailor or clever enough to buy Fabric Group suits. They're $35, $40 and $45 at Weber ahd Heilbroner Stores